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Posted by Cm4hawks (Member # 5231) on :
 
Since they have been taping they have won 4 superbowls


Belichick has been taping since 2000, Goodell tells Specter
Belichick has been taping since 2000, Goodell tells Specter

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
February 13, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents' defensive signals since he became the New England Patriots' coach in 2000, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, who said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told him that during a meeting Wednesday.

"There was confirmation that there has been taping since 2000, when Coach Belichick took over," Specter said.

Specter said Goodell gave him that information during the 1-hour, 40-minute meeting, which was requested by Specter so the commissioner could explain his reasons for destroying the Spygate tapes and notes.

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"There were a great many questions answered by Commissioner Goodell," Specter, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told reporters after the meeting. "I found a lot of questions unanswerable because of the tapes and notes had been destroyed."

Goodell said Belichick told him he believed the taping was legal; Goodell said he did not concur.

"He said that's always been his interpretation since he's been the head coach," the commissioner said. "We are going to agree to disagree on the facts."

Specter, from Pennsylvania, wants to talk to other league officials about what exactly was taped and which games may have been compromised.

"We have a right to have honest football games," he said.

Goodell noted that "we were the ones that disclosed" the Patriots' illegal taping of the New York Jets' defensive signals in Week 1 of last season. Further, Goodell said, they had an admission by Belichick.

"I have nothing to hide," Goodell said.

Goodell also told Specter that that he doesn't regret destroying the Spygate tapes or the notes.

"I think it was the right thing to do," Goodell said.

Still, Specter wants to know why penalties were imposed on Belichick before the full extent of the wrongdoing was known and the tapes destroyed in a two-week span. Asked if he thinks there was a coverup, Specter demurred.

"There was an enormous amount of haste," Specter said.

He scoffed at the reasons Goodell gave for destroying the tapes and notes, particularly about trying to keep them out of competitors' hands and because Belichick had admitted to the taping.

"What's that got to do with it? There's an admission of guilt, you preserve the evidence," Specter said. As for keeping the tapes out of the hands of others: "All you have to do is lock up the tapes."

Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team was fined $250,000 because of the Spygate incident. The Patriots also forfeited a first-round draft pick.

Specter has questioned the quality of the NFL's investigation into the matter and raised the possibility of congressional hearings if he wasn't satisfied with Goodell's answers. Specter also raised the threat of Congress canceling the league's antitrust exemption and reiterated that in the meeting with Goodell.

Goodell also said he has not heard from Matt Walsh, the former Patriots employee who performed some videotaping duties for the team.

Walsh told The Associated Press last week during the Pro Bowl in Hawaii that he couldn't talk about allegations that he taped a walkthrough practice by the St. Louis Rams before the 2002 Super Bowl. New England, a two-touchdown underdog, won that game 20-17.

Goodell said he has offered Walsh a deal whereby "he has to tell the truth and he has to return anything he took improperly" in return for indemnity. Specter said he, too, wanted to talk to Walsh and perhaps offer a different deal.

Goodell also said he reserves the right to reopen the investigation if more information is uncovered.
 

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Posted by turbo50 (Member # 6700) on :
 
uh oh spaghetti ohs!!


 

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Posted by hidnn.o.s. (Member # 1219) on :
 
Who cares, they want to win more. If the other team can't disguise signals, IT'S ON THEM! Name of the game, figure out what the other team is doing and be ready for it.
 

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Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :
 
ya this is old news they just rehashed
 

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Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :
 
look at it from a racers point of view, everyone's doing it, it's only cheating if you get caught.
 

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Posted by SmokinLX (Member # 1684) on :
 
They are cheater's and I loved watching them lose the bowl . Karma is a bitch!!
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 
thank god a senator is investigation this We have major conflict going on in Irac, the economy is in the shiter and this ass clown is going after the NFL. I sure am glad my taxes are going for something good.
 

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Posted by liftedF150 (Member # 868) on :
 

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Originally posted by 2stangs69-91:
thank god a senator is investigation this We have major conflict going on in Irac, the economy is in the shiter and this ass clown is going after the NFL. I sure am glad my taxes are going for something good.

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didnt you know thats what they are supposed to do, sit around and think of ways to make up stupid laws and investigate pointless stuff

back on subject.... every team im sure does this, patriots were the only ones to get caught.
 

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